Category Archives: Office

Office365 violates GDPR in schools

[German]The Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in the German state Hesse, declaring that Windows 10 and Office 365 is not compliant with the GDPR for use in schools.

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (July 9, 2019)

[German]As of July 9, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (July 9, 2019)

[German]As of July 9, 2019, Microsoft has released numerous security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc.. Here is a compact overview, what Microsoft has patched this month.

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Office 365 C2R: Excel ODBC driver missing

[German]Here's a little tip for Office 365 administrators: Click-2-Run does not install any ODBC drivers for Microsoft Excel. Blog reader Karl Ebbing-Westerhaus (@tweet_alqama) has found a solution to the problem.

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Word 2013 Update KB4475525 (July 2, 2019) causing CRC error in WSUS and certificate error with ADR at SCCM

[German]A brief note to administrators in corporate environments. There are issues with update KB4475525 for Word 2013 (July 2, 2019). This cannot be imported in environments with WSUS or SCCM, but causes a CRC 32 or certificate error.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Microsoft Office Patchday (July 2, 2019)

[German]On the first Tuesday of the month (Office Patchday) on July 2, 2019, Microsoft released a number of non-security updates for various versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported.

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Windows Server 2019: Support for Office 365 ProPlus, OneDrive Files On-Demand and FSLogix

[German]Microsoft has just announced it will officially support Office 365 ProPlus on Windows Server 2019. In addition, FSLogix is now available to all authorized users and OneDrive Files On-Demand is also coming to this platform.

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Excel and the Power Query vulnerability

[German]Security researchers pointed out a few days ago a potential vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Power Query add-in that could allow a new attack vector. Office security mechanisms can be bypassed and the user does not need to actively intervene to … Continue reading

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Patchday Microsoft Office Updates (June 11, 2019)

[German]As of June 11, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft has released several security updates for supported Microsoft Office versions and other products.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (June 4, 2019)

[German]On the first Tuesday of the month (Office Patchday) on June 4, 2019, Microsoft released a number of non-security updates for various versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported..

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